Improved washing- and wmnging-machine



H. o. REDD'IsI-i, or .L1 NDEN, NEW YORK.

` Leners Patent No. 88,9o5, .zaad April 13, 1869.

IMPROVED WASHING- AND WRING-IN v -MH* The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and mlking part ofthe same.

To all whom it may conce/m Beit known that I,A H. O. -REDDIsH, of Linden, in the county of Genesee, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combine-.l Washing and Wringing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, 'reference being had to'the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my im. proved machine. v

Figure 2 is a front View of the same, partly in section, through the tub.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. y My invention has for its object to furnish an improved machine, simple in construction, easily operated, and efective in operation, and' which shall be so constructed and arranged that the clothes may be thoroughly washed and at the same time wrung out, so as to pass from the machine into the clothes-basket, or other receptacle prepared to receive them, ready to be hung out to dry; and

It consists in bringing the wringing-rollers and washing-rollers so closely together that the clothes are passed from one to the other without the intervention of an apron, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the tub of the machine, which may be an ordi nary wash-tub, or a tub or box made-expressly to receive it, and which may be of any required size, according to the desired capacity of the machine.

B vis the main rubbing-cylinder, which is grooved longitudinally, as shown in figs. l and 2, so as to give it a surface similar to that of an ordinary wash or rubbing-board.

The corrugated face'ofthe cylinder B may, if desired, be covered with zinc, corrugated to lit the corrugations of said cylinder. This latter construction I prefer, as it prevents wear, and thus makes the machine more durable.

' The journals of the cylinder B revolve in vertical slots formed in the frame C ofthe machine, and they are held down by the coiled, or equivalent springs D, so as to bear upon the clothes with the desired pressure, and

soas to give or to allow the cylinder B to adjust itself` to the various thickness of clothes passing through the ma chine.

' E are two rollers or cylinders, the journals of which revolve in bearings in the frame C, and which are placed beneath the cylinder B in about the positions shown in iig. l.

The surfaces of the two cylinders E are corrugated spirally, as shown in gs. 1 and 2, so asto give tosaid surfaces somewhat the appearance of a twisted rope.

F is a rubber-roller or cylinder, the journals of which work in bearings in the frame C, and whichis placed beneath and at the rear of the cylinder B, so that its surface may bear against the surfaceof the said cylinder B, and so that another rubber-roller, G, may be placed above it, with its surface bearing against the upper surface of the said roller F;

The journals of the roller G revolve in vertical slots in the frame O, and the said roller is held down, so as to press upon the clothes with the desired pressure, and so as to adjust itself to the various thicknesses of the clothes passing through the machine, by coiled, or

equivalent springs H, as shown in dotted lines in fig.A 1.

Motion is given to the machine by the crank I, attached to one of the journals of the cylinder B.

J is a gear-wheel, attached to one of the journals of' the cylinder B, into' the teeth of which mesh the teeth of the gear, or finger-wheel K, attached to the ljournal of the lower rubber, or roller F, so that the said roller may be revolved by the revolution of the cylinder B. A

L is a gear or finger-wheel, attached to the journal of the upper rubber-roller G, and the teeth of which mesh into the teethof the gear-wheel K, so that the 'roller G may be revolved by the revolution of the roller F, and in' an opposite direction from that in which said roller F revolves. l

M is a board or apron, removably attached to the rear part of the machine, so thatit may be adjusted in the position shown in fig. 1, when it is desired to have the clothes pass from the machine. But when it is desired to have the clothes pass back vintothe tub A, to be again passed through the machine, the said apron M may be removed or adjusted in another position.

In using the machine, the clothesare introduced between the cylinder B and the forward spirally-grooved roller E, and pass back between the cylinder B and the two-cylinders E, and the lower rubber-'roller F being subject all the time to the rubbing-action of said cylinders and rollers.

lhe clothes then pass between the two rubber-rollers F and G, by the action of whichthe water is squeezed out.

From the rollers F and G the clothes may be allowed to pass back into the tub A,to be again passed through the machine, or they may be allowed to pass over the apron M to a basket or other receptacle, as may be desired.

In case it is not desired to have the clothes acted upon by the roller G while being washed, said roller G may be held away from the roller F by hooks, or other well-known means forsuch purposes.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to sccme'by Letters Patent- The arrangement of the frame 0,1ongitudinally-corru gated roller B, hung in yielding bearings, the spirallycorrugated rubbing-rollers E,the wringing-roll G, also lhung in yielding bearings', the rubber wringing-roll F,

and the board M, all operating as herein described, for

the purpose specified.

' H. O. REDDISH.

Witnesses:

A. G. PERRY, A. J. VooRHEEs. 

